AMIRS, ADMIRALS & DESERT SAILORS: Bahrain, the US Navy and the Arabian Gulf

From: Sea Classics | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Lundquist, Edward | Copyright information

AMIRS, ADMIRALS & DESERT SAILORS: Bahrain, the US Navy and the Arabian Gulf By David F. Winkler 274 Pgs. 6-in × 9-in, Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1-59114-962-0 - $34.95. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD.

David F. Winkler's new book, Amirs, Admirals & Desert Sailors: Bahrain, the US Navy and the Arabian Gulf, is an account of how the relative stability in the region is the result of the persistent presence of the United States Navy.

Winkler is a Commander in the Navy Reserv...

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